SEAToday.com, Jakarta - Es krim ataupun sorbet banyak dikaitkan sebagai alternatif ketika demam dan nafsu makan menurun karena lidah yang terasa pahit. Namun, bagaimana sebenarnya manfaat es krim ketika demam?
Melansir dari situs Hallo Sehat yang telah ditinjau oleh dr. Andreas Wilson Setiawan, manfaat es krim bagi tubuh saat demam dapat menambah asupan kalori, meredakan nyeri tenggorokan, mencegah dehidrasi, dan mengendalikan suhu tubuh.
Studi terbitan Science tahun 2022 mengamati, kekurangan kalori harian yang ekstrem bisa menurunkan kekuatan imun dan lebih rentan terkena infeksi.
Es krim merupakan salah satu sumber kalori sehingga baik untuk orang yang tidak nafsu makan saat sakit. Namun, penting untuk memilih es krim yang rendah gula dan rendah lemak.
Suhu dingin diketahui bekerja mirip obat bius yang mengurangi radang di tenggorokan dan meredakan sakit sesaat. Makan es krim atau minum air dingin saat demam membantu meredakan sensasi tidak nyaman di tenggorokan.
Namun, pastikan makan es krim yang tidak terlalu dingin dengan rasa yang lembut. Hindari es krim dengan taburan topping yang keras. Hal itu justru bisa mengiritasi tenggorokan sehingga terasa lebih sakit.
Selain itu, makan es krim saat demam dapat membantu mengembalikan cairan dalam tubuh saat lebih banyak berkeringat dan buang air.
Studi terbitan Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise tahun 2008 memaparkan, suhu inti tubuh dapat turun sebanyak 0,5° Celsius ketika minum air dingin saat demam.
Flu dan radang hingga demam tidak disebabkan oleh es krim atau air dingin melainkan bakteri dan virus. Meskipun makan es saat demam dapat membantu perasaan lebih nyaman, bukan berarti bisa bergantung pada es saja karena makan es tidak bisa mengobati penyakit.
Penulis: Halimatun Zakiah
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